HEINRICH RITTER
\hˈe͡ɪnɹɪt͡ʃ ɹˈɪtə], \hˈeɪnɹɪtʃ ɹˈɪtə], \h_ˈeɪ_n_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ ɹ_ˈɪ_t_ə]\
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A German philosopher; born at Zerbst in 1791; died in 1869. He owes his literary fame to his profound works on the history of philosophy. The most important of them are: "On the Education of the Philosopher through the History of Philosophy" (1817); "Introductory Lectures to Logic" (1823); "History of Philosophy" (1829-53); "On the Relation between Philosophy and Scientific Life in General" (1835); and "Encyclopaedia of Philosophic Science" (1862-63).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).